home loan finance blog
I recently had a discussion about chaos and stress in our lives and had some great insight I thought Id share:
In my own life, I know that if I act too quickly without stopping to think through the situation or the options or if I’m doing something because I feel like I should do it not really with a strong sense of why I’m doing it or what it will mean if I’m not focusing on the really big rocks and the true purpose, priorities, etc… then I often end up in a crisis.
Such an example happened the other day: I was supposed to go to a presentation on financial planning situations arising from financial statements; I’m interested and the presenter is someone who has helped me with some cases in the past but… my focus is not in doing more technical financial planning at this time – it’s on building an educational franchise system and immediately making sure I am delivering on the expectations people have from me and my business to help them in their life today. Financial statements are interesting and the topic is relevant its just not a priority for me today.
I had another situation that has caused some chaos over the past year as well, and in this case, I felt I should use someones services for a job I needed done. Because he was a client of mine, and he brought it up when we were talking one day, I said sure, even though I wasn’t confident that he was the right guy for the job. The job ended up needing to be re-done and is still causing problems and costing more money and more stress.
This whole area of focus and being true to our priorities and who we are is such a big part of our financial development. It often gets overlooked until were looking at ways to find more time or more money to do the things we are really passionate about. We have to learn to become aware of how our decisions affect our bigger life experience and purpose on a day-to-day basis.